Experience-Informed & Identity- Aware Support
These Areas of Focus offer a starting point for coaching or mentoring shaped around personal or professional experiences, identity, wellbeing and change. Relevant themes may also be explored through clinical supervision, reflective practice or other work commissioned by organisations.
My approach draws on professional and lived experience, community research and consultation, relevant training and continuing development. Each area offers space to reflect and make sense of experience in a way that responds to your circumstances and pace.
How this work fits together
People’s lives and experiences rarely fit into distinct categories. Wellbeing, relationships, work, life changes and wider circumstances often overlap. Sessions can move between themes according to what feels most relevant, whether you are accessing coaching, mentoring, clinical supervision or reflective practice. The focus remains guided by your priorities and circumstances.
My experience across mental health, advocacy, suicide prevention and community wellbeing supports thoughtful exploration of complexity, safety and emotional wellbeing.
Explore experiences, recognise strengths, navigate challenges and develop practical strategies, that respect different needs, identities and ways of thinking.
LGBTQ+ Identity, Experience & Wellbeing
Explore identity, belonging and lived experience, and how these shape wellbeing, relationships and feelings of safety and inclusion.
Explore ways to navigate social situations, manage feelings of anxiety or self-doubt, and develop confidence and choice in everyday life and relationships.
Trauma, Wellbeing & Resillience
A safe and supportive space to explore the imapct of difficult experiences and approaches to coping, recovery and resillience.
Explore personal experiences and the influence of masculinity, identity and expectations on mental health, relationships, work and everyday life.
Ageing, Identity & Life Transitions
Navigate life changes, explore the experiences and impact of ageing and consider new possibilities, priorities and ways forward.
Explore feelings of self-doubt, feelings of not being good enough or belonging, and how identity, expectations and experiences can shape confidence and self-belief.
Explore how seasons, weather, significant dates and anniversaries can impact on mood, wellbeing and daily life, including feelings linked to loss and difficult past experiences.
Clinical Supervision & Coaching
35+ years’ experience across mental health, wellbeing & community services
Trauma-informed, independent, and reflective support
Brighton & Hove | Online across the UK